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🌈 European. He/him. Frank Collins is a film and television writer-researcher FOR HIRE. Contributes to a number of publications and home entertainment releases: Indicator, Arrow Films, Frame Rated and #DoctorWho - The Black Archive. #LGBTQ+ #Lefty
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Cathode Ray TubeAug 29, 2025
Cathode Ray TubeJun 19, 2025
Significantly revised and rewritten, here's my deep dive (make yourself a cuppa as it's a long read) into Douglas Trumbull's Silent Running (1972) #70sScienceFiction #Films https://medium.com/cathode-ray-tube/silent-running-1972-1d8e6f97379e
SILENT RUNNING (1972) - Cathode Ray Tube - Medium

Peter Buckley, in Films and Filming, thought Silent Running (1972) — a vision of the future where, after technology fails to save the Earth from deforestation, one man sacrifices himself to preserve…

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Cathode Ray TubeJun 19, 2025
Significantly revised and rewritten, here's my deep dive (make yourself a cuppa as it's a long read) into Douglas Trumbull's Silent Running (1972) #70sScienceFiction #Films https://medium.com/cathode-ray-tube/silent-running-1972-1d8e6f97379e
SILENT RUNNING (1972) - Cathode Ray Tube - Medium

Peter Buckley, in Films and Filming, thought Silent Running (1972) — a vision of the future where, after technology fails to save the Earth from deforestation, one man sacrifices himself to preserve…

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Cathode Ray TubeJan 29, 2025
My comprehensive look at Hammer's 'Captain Kronos-Vampire Hunter' (1974), Brian Clemens' witty, genre-busting horror Western and celebrating its 50th Anniversary with cinema and 4K UHD home entertainment releases. #filmreview #hammerhorror #horstjanson https://medium.com/cathode-ray-tube/hammer-at-90-captain-kronos-vampire-hunter-1974-c2fcf37b3a76
HAMMER AT 90: CAPTAIN KRONOS — VAMPIRE HUNTER (1974)

My celebration of the 90th anniversary of Hammer Films continues with Captain Kronos — Vampire Hunter, among the last of the studio’s truly innovative films of the 1970s and a welcome return to…

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Cathode Ray TubeSep 7, 2024
My revised essay on Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter’s seminal film excavation of class and sexuality, THE SERVANT (1963). Ruminations on smoke and mirrors, objects and architecture. https://medium.com/cathode-ray-tube/the-servant-1963-b4023b71e088 #britishfilm #josephlosey #DirkBogarde #FilmMastodon #filmreview
THE SERVANT (1963) - Cathode Ray Tube - Medium

What would become an extraordinary collaboration between writer Harold Pinter and film director Joseph Losey, one which eventually stretched across three completed film projects and the unfilmed…

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Cathode Ray TubeAug 1, 2024
chaircrusherAug 1, 2024

I have a new album out called "The Names Of Flowers"

It's "name your price" but dig deep, kids!
https://componentrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-names-of-flowers

Cover design by @cathoderaytube
Painting by Sam Weis

#bandcamp #ambient #vcvrack #experimentalmusic

The Names of Flowers, by Chaircrusher

10 track album

Component Recordings
Cathode Ray TubeJul 25, 2024
Contributor’s copy of Fantastic Fifties arrived. Great I still get to write about all kinds of films and Hemlock put mags out considering how perilous print publishing is these days. https://www.hemlockbooks.co.uk/Shop/category/16 Issue 22 features my essay on Curt Siodmak’s B movie Bride of the Gorilla. #Movies #Writing
Hemlock Books

Hemlock Books

Cathode Ray TubeJul 25, 2024
Fully revised and with additional research and commentary, a Medium essay on Hammer's transgressive VAMPIRE CIRCUS (1972) https://medium.com/cathode-ray-tube/vampire-circus-1972-f49da1ea3690 #HammerFilm #Film #Writing
VAMPIRE CIRCUS (1972) - Cathode Ray Tube - Medium

Hammer’s late period of the 1970s was a fertile one. The venerable old guard of producer Anthony Hinds, directors Freddie Francis and Terence Fisher had made way for younger directing bloods…

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Cathode Ray TubeApr 7, 2024
Paul WatsonMar 17, 2024

The latest piece from my Acid Renaissance series — "Saints & Martyrs" — is now available to pre-order on my online shop as a giclée print:

https://shop.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/category/giclee-prints

#MastoArt #artistsOnMastodon #artMatters #art #FediGiftShop #artPrints #ArtForSale

Giclée Prints

Browse all products in the Giclée Prints category from The Lazarus Corporation.

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Cathode Ray TubeApr 7, 2024
Stuart Ian BurnsApr 7, 2024
On my blog: A History of the BBC in 100 Blog Posts: 1994 http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3007066/posts/default/7110140166640071027
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Cathode Ray TubeFeb 28, 2024
Recalling 90 minutes of Coronation Street creator Tony Warren’s amusing company in 2013. https://medium.com/cathode-ray-tube/coronation-street-an-evening-with-tony-warren-e8839bb391b3
CORONATION STREET: An Evening with Tony Warren - Cathode Ray Tube - Medium

Back in 2013, I braved a bitterly cold night on Saturday 23 March to join the Metropolitan Community Church of Manchester*, then the only church in Manchester to be fully LGBT-led, to enjoy a very…

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